Aug 28 2009I Could Do Better: LEGO House Construction
Remember the story about the house in Britain that would be constructed entirely out of LEGO blocks? Well this is it, mid-construction. I have to admit, I'm a little disappointed that it has a wooden infrastructure. I thought the whole damn thing was gonna be LEGO, right down to the john.
This two-story Lego palace, which resides in the middle of a vineyard, sports a working bathroom, and is covered inside and out with bricks pieced together by 272 Legos. Over three million bricks were used to build the Lego pad, so doing some quick math here -- that's over 816 million Lego pieces!
I have no idea whether the math in that quote I used is correct or not, the important thing is that it's Friday and I am putting pants on for the first time this week and getting the hell out of here. Town, prepare to be painted red! With vomit. I like fruity drinks!
This Old House: UK Toy Master Builds House From Legos [geekstir] (with a whole gallery of construction pictures)
Thanks to jessica and Rogefgv, who once built a house of K-Nex but it was blown down by the big bad wolf and then he ate them. The end.
Reader Comments
1. Chuey "The Rock 'n' Roll" Midget - August 28, 2009 6:31 PM
First.......and that's stupid!
2. BathCaptain - August 28, 2009 6:31 PM
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3. Alex - August 28, 2009 6:33 PM
thirdsies...and thats cool :D
4. Gamy - August 28, 2009 6:44 PM
Can you say "isolation"?
5. Danc0r - August 28, 2009 6:48 PM
Rad idea - to the power of sick that is :)
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6. Chuey "The Rock 'n' Roll" Midget - August 28, 2009 6:58 PM
@5...Thats a "promotional comment" and should be deleted. Your "skillz" suck!
7. LegOwned - August 28, 2009 7:04 PM
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8. Tre B - August 28, 2009 7:07 PM
Isn't the wood cheating
9. That one guy - August 28, 2009 7:20 PM
@5
i posted this comment on your video but I don't know how often you check that so I'll repost it again here
In response your stupid dance video
I hope this is a joke because if it's not then it's just sad.. I know I'm not a surgeon... I don't cut people open. I know I'm not a fire fighter... I would just walk past a burning house. I know you're not a dancer... you should figure it out too and never dance on video again. For the sake of all that is holy please delete yourself... from the earth. Dumbtard.
10. Cup-O-Jesus - August 28, 2009 7:32 PM
What would a fire do to all that plastic? Why, it would go up like... well like sheetrock and wood I guess. Lego stove? "Mommy, I don't feel right."
@6
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11. Cup-O-Jesus - August 28, 2009 7:37 PM
@1
Ahem. No, no, no, we don't do that here. That's what we in the medical profession refer to as Stupidcockbreathloserinsecurewasteoflife-itis.
It's a medical term.
12. ciao - August 28, 2009 7:43 PM
hrm, perhaps they'll have lego furnishings to redeem the wooden frame?
13. Boobies - August 28, 2009 8:40 PM
You're putting pants where?
14. Mr. cow - August 28, 2009 9:33 PM
Moo
15. gilgamesh - August 28, 2009 10:15 PM
the wood may be a tempporary scaffolding in order to get the walls up. it should be structurally sound when finished. and of coousre they would have to build the house to code. andi dont think lego infrastructure would be allowed
16. Iris - August 28, 2009 10:43 PM
I wonder how the weather would affect it.
nonetheless still pretty cool, I'd wanna spend the night there lol
17. Steviebuns Buttrundsun - August 28, 2009 10:52 PM
I can't believe nobody's mentioned that the owner of this house is none other than Top Gear's own James May, a.k.a. "Captain Slow".
18. Amy - August 28, 2009 11:08 PM
The math makes no sense. I think it's made out of 3 million individual Lego, or about 11,000 normal bricks. Don't tell me there's nearly a billion anything in that little thing.
19. Dream - August 29, 2009 1:49 AM
*Smashes into wall*
20. Giant Lenin - August 29, 2009 5:09 AM
Hi commenters, I'm actually on the team of lego creators who are building this thing and in response to the queries about the wooden infastructure we had to have it else the house wasn't allowed to be built, the insurance companies are arseholes!
Also, the maths was wrong in that quote, there were only 2 million lego bricks (of various varieties) ordered and we recently had to order a few thousand more. The breezeblocks that build the wall are made up of 272 lego bricks each and there#s a fair few thousand in all the walls.
And if you're wondering about the toilet, yes it is fully made of lego, I've seen it :)
As is the bed, sofa, chairs, tables, washstand etc
Hope this helped :P
21. Giant Lenin - August 29, 2009 5:11 AM
Also! The weather has affected many of the bricks unfortunately and some have been thrown away due to warping, it also gets pretty damn hot in that house!
22. john - August 29, 2009 5:42 AM
and the fourth little piggy made his house out of legos lol
23. gizmoduck - August 29, 2009 8:58 AM
finally, ｉｎｔｅｒｎｅｔ． ｂｕｔ ｉｎ ａ ｄｉｆｆｅｒｅｎｔ ｌａｎｇｕａｇｅ．
ｋｅｙｂｏａｒｄ ｎｏｔ ｗｏｒｋｉｎｇ ．
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24. twellve - August 29, 2009 9:29 AM
i volunteered to work on the Lego house, but the sessions were only an hour long, so wasn't worth the effort/cost for me. maybe next time.
25. Taylored - August 29, 2009 9:30 AM
Wooden infrastructure is lame. Get a real Structural Engineer on your team and have your design stamped. Then tell that insurance company to eat it. There is no challenge in this if you frame it with wood.
26. Unbelieveable Stuff - August 29, 2009 11:07 AM
and thats cool :D
27. titsonsnack - August 29, 2009 11:43 AM
Wow that's retarded. I can't imagine having this much money, and deciding that THIS was the most productive way to spend it.
28. Free Movie - August 29, 2009 11:46 AM
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29. Free ipod - August 29, 2009 12:09 PM
would be more impressive without the wood................unlike me
30. Geekogee - August 30, 2009 5:22 AM
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31. Jaded Icon - August 31, 2009 8:18 AM
@ 20
Are you guys union? Because the only pictures I could find was you guys just sitting on your *sses doing sh*t. Even when your playing with legos you have 7 1/2 hour coffee breaks.
32. Fade - August 31, 2009 10:56 AM
Bet these guys feel super manly building this...
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33. Heidi - August 31, 2009 12:53 PM
I'm curious who exactly this Giant Lenin character is, because those of us working on the project have been asked not to give details of it online. For what it's worth, the only correct number I've seen anywhere on this is that one large brick consists of 272 smaller ones.
34. Milkman - August 31, 2009 1:14 PM
I think it'll leak energy (heat, cold) like a sieve.. hopefully they took sealant precautions in the "bricks"
35. Alexander - September 2, 2009 12:28 AM
Wooden Infrastructure might just be there to assist in the construction and slowly removed as the bricks amass to be more load bearing.
36. Badwolf - September 6, 2009 1:13 PM
FFS . . .
its LEGO . . . . there's no such thing as LEGOS
LEGO is a brand name like Kleenex it has no plural.
37. kevin - September 19, 2009 10:28 AM
Hi everyone, House is now finished. Final filming was this morning (sat 19th).
The finished house looks awesome, inside and out. I personally built the flushing loo, working shower, iconic red chair and the main Art piece in the house. The Art piece is a highly detailed to scale replica of 'Devastator' from the latest Transformers movie, 'Revenge of the Fallen' and is due to go up for auction soon. Any questions you can contact me at krcdesigns@hotmail.com. Kev.
38. kevin - September 19, 2009 11:23 AM
Forgot to mention that images of the interior have now been posted on the BBC Top Gear website, you'll get to the Loo, Red Chair, Bed, Kitchen, and the Main Art piece. Enjoy! Kev.